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Watch: A handheld guide dog for the visually impaired
The portable unit guides users through varied environments with minimal input and without the expense and responsibilities associated with canine care.
Tel Aviv University produces hand sanitizer using paper, plant waste
Due to a global shortage of hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel are turning plants and paper waste into ethanol for the production of hand sanitizer.
Watch: Ankle device is a step in the right direction for stroke patients
A lightweight device incorporating a spring-cam mechanism was designed for use with an ankle foot orthosis to help these patients regain normal walking function.
Watch: Spinal cord stimulators restore sensory feedback to prostheses
Commercially available spinal cord stimulators commonly used to treat chronic pain restored natural sensations for prosthetic arm users.
UW-Madison team develops self-monitoring 3D-printed blood vessel implant
Materials science engineers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) are attempting to develop 3D-printed implantable blood vessels that can monitor the health of the implantable vessel from within the body.
Watch: A functioning heart pump is 3D printed
A functioning centimeter-scale human heart pump has been 3D-printed in the laboratory.
Gum-chewing robot helps expedite analysis of oral drug delivery gum
To determine the effectiveness of medicated chewing gum and its ability to deliver drugs to patients in vitro, a team of researchers from the University of Bristol in the U.K. have tested the drug delivery vehicle on a gum-chewing robot.
Coalition urges US to reshore the manufacture of PPE amid pandemic
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which revealed supply chain gaps in personal protective equipment (PPE), a coalition of roughly 20 groups is urging the United States government to invest in the domestic manufacture of PPE.
How AI is being used to fight COVID-19
AI has figured heavily in the battle against COVID-19 where in the early days of the pandemic, little was understood about the virus.
Wearable medical sensors drawn with pencil and paper
A variety of medical sensors drawn on paper with a common graphite pencil can be applied to skin in a do-it-yourself approach to device design.
Medical grade epoxy offers thermal conductivity and electrical insulation
The biocompatible and non-cytotoxic epoxy withstands aggressive chemical sterilants, radiation and repeated cycles of autoclaving.
Janggu assists genomic deep learning
A new universal programming tool streamlines deep learning to aid in the study of genomics.
Filtration system may improve safety of public transport amid pandemic
In a bid to improve the safety of public transportation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a U.K.-based tech company has developed filtration solutions for both operators of public transportation and passengers on public transportation.
Team using ozone gas to disinfect PPE
Amid coronavirus surges throughout much of the U.S., researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have determined that ozone gas could be used to disinfect personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the battle against COVID-19.
Watch sound waves move droplets in a microfluidic platform
A new rewritable and programmable microfluidic lab-on-a-chip system taps sound waves to create tunnels in oil to efficiently manipulate and transport droplets.
Watch: Shape-shifting implant materials are 3D printed
A reactive 3D-printing method decouples printing and shape-programming steps, enabling a broad range of complex architectures and virtually any arbitrary shape changes.
Video: A simple DIY ventilator for COVID-19 patients
The do-it-yourself (DIY) emergency ventilator is based on the automation of the manually operated bag valve mask widely used to deliver air into a patient’s lungs.
Team develops 'catch and kill' air filter
Recognizing that the virus cannot survive temperatures above 70° C, the researchers heated porous nickel foam commonly used in air filters to 200° C.
Watch the 3D printing of sensors onto a moving lung
The 3D-printing system uses motion capture technology, similar to that associated with moviemaking, to print functional devices on and inside the human body.
Researchers develop specimen-taking robot
In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, a team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has built a robot capable of collecting specimens from patients in healthcare settings.